Characters: Royce, Alfie, Ecks
Location: Residential
Date: Day 441
Summary: Bad news is, they're all going to die. There's no good news.
Warnings: Suicide discussion, likely. Will update as needed.

( but the spaghetti is him )

[Rhys is settled down for the night, in the evening hours after lockdown on 432. He's taken off all his extras to let them air out, and sitting in his ripped t-shirt and looking mostly comfortable. He's better at getting comfortable than anyone should by any rights, here.]

So, I am actually staying in the convenience store here in Res 3, because you don't get pushed out anymore? I was going to try and hike to the next building, but the aura was gone and...well, I didn't get shoved out. That's good news, sort of. Saves me a little hiking.

The Bad News is, that's probably because there's been a change to the food. Some of what's here has gone rotten, and I don't think there's as much stuff as there was last time I was here. Food might be starting to run out, along with everything else.

[He looks much less happy about that.]

I'm hoping it's just this store, but I'm not sure. So if anyone else hits any other places around that have food, do a check and see what you think, alright? I'm going to start rationing just in case, though.

[That's all he was really here to say, so the video feed blinks out for a while, pending responses.]

[The feed opens on a view of ceiling tiles; anyone familiar with the hospital might recognize them. Off-screen there's the sound of rustling food wrappers and the crunch of someone chewing on chips and cookies, quite possibly with her mouth open.]

I am alive again. The anomalies -- the anomalies are dangerous. The ones with our friends' faces are dangerous.

[The monotone is muffled as well as hesitant; she's talking with food in her mouth despite the gravity of the topic.]

Characters: Gregory House, Royce Melborn, Alfie Solomons
Location: Downtown
Date: Day 421
Summary: Aftermath of House's anomaly catching Ecks
Warnings: Character death, body horror, cannibalism, dismemberment, disembowelment, broken bones, bone sticking out of flesh, blood, dissociation

( I'd love to have you for dinner... )

Characters: Alfie Solomons, Ecks, Royce Melborn
Location: the maintenance tunnels
Date: evening of 400
Summary: creys times a thousand
Warnings: n/a; will edit if anything comes up

IT'S A FREE-FOR-ALL GO NUTS

((OOC: The first and third parts of the message is OPEN. The second part is SEMI-CLOSED to anyone with access to the Shadownet - a text only app created by Winter. It works within the Bunker. Please see this post about Shadownet distribution.

John's death price is that he can't interact with anyone. He won't see/hear messages, so he won't be responding to anything.))

Part 1 - OTA
[John wakes with a start inside his body bag. There's a momentary sense of absolute panic as he claws his way out of it, and gets off the slab he's been lying on. It's a moment to get his bearings and realize that he's in the hospital morgue. That's... not as bad as it could be. And he's fairly certain all of his memories are intact. At least one of the most important ones. John goes for his tablet first.

It doesn't even occur to him that Mary's been silent since he woke up. He can occasionally see her standing off to one side, but other than that, he's focused on the present, not the past. John double-checks the network, but there don't appear to be any new posts. Good. That means he's probably woken up the morning after being killed. As far as inconvenience goes, that's a minor one.]

Everyone, this is Dr. John Watson. Please listen closely. Rhys is in severe danger. His last known location was Building 317 on Dr. House's map. Please, if you're anywhere near there, go and check on him. He was injured during a fight a few days ago and Mr. Beckett attempted to kill him last night. I tried to stop him, but was killed in the fight. I don't know if Beckett succeeded. If Rhys is dead, Beckett may be a danger to others, particularly Enoch. Please watch out for him and please someone check on Rhys and Enoch, physically, if you're able to do so.

[He sends that out and waits for replies. And waits. John gathers his things and leaves the morgue, heading upstairs. When there still isn't a reply, he decides that maybe everyone has... somehow headed to the bunker.

'Or there's something wrong with the network,' Mary suggests. It's the first time she's spoken since John had woken up, and he glances over at her with a furrowed brow before switching on the Shadownet.]

Part 2 (half an hour later) - Shadownet Access Only
Hello? Is anyone there? This is John. There's been a serious incident. Beckett attacked Rhys last night. I died while trying to defend him. Rhys may still be alive and Enoch may be in danger. Please, could someone respond?

[Another half hour goes by as John begins walking. And then another. It's two hours later before he switches over to the regular network again. Mary's close to him now, fingers laced with his free hand.]

Part 3 - OTA
Please, I don't know what's going on, but this is Dr. John Watson. I'm heading toward Residential Zone 3. If anyone can see this message, please respond. [He looks to the side as Mary speaks up, the woman only in his own mind.

'John, I don't know there's anyone there.'

But they have to be there. The whole bloody town can't disappear overnight.

'Why not?' Mary asks.

It's a simple question, but it's absolutely chilling.]

Sherlock? Please, answer me. Alfie? Royce? Bucky? England? Stephen? Tess? Kunsel?

Anyone?

Hey everyone, it's Al.

I've made a couple of updates and additions to the survival guide recently, and I thought I should send it out again. I know that not all the information that we have is in there, but I think that's probably for the best. This is supposed to be a basic guide to help people who are new here, and too much information at once would be overwhelming. But I do think that a compiled guide of all the information we do have would be a good idea... like the posts that-- uh.

[He hesitates a moment, suddenly realising that he probably shouldn't mention Dr. Watson's information posts on the public network, when he's so careful to keep them to the shadownet.]

Well... you all know what I mean, right? But to have it all in one place would be helpful, so if anyone would be willing to help compile that, or has information that should go in it, please chime in. We can't do this without all working together. I also think it might be a good idea to have a few words or phrases recorded in every language; things like 'I need help', or 'I'm okay', so if we're unable to understand each other again then at least we can communicate that much.

Okay, well that's it, here's the guide.

[And a download of the survival guide pings up as available.]

Characters: Alfie Solomons, Karkat Vantas, Royce Melborn
Location: building 109
Date: evening of 362
Summary: creys
Warnings: n/a; will edit if anything comes up

A standard single-story house with a kitchen, living room, dining room, bathroom, and bedroom. The house is empty, though; it seems like no one was living here even when the town was populated. "ALPHONSE ELRIC, STEPHANIE BROWN, EDWARD ELRIC, GREED, DAY SIXTY-ONE, TRAVELLING WEST" is written on the wall, alongside "DEAR FORMER RESIDENT, WE ARE FRIENDS, PLEASE DO NOT FEEL YOU NEED TO HIDE FROM US. CONTACT LELRIC." The following is written on the dining room floor in morse code: Duster, Day 124, Gwen, Melengar, Ratibor, Blackwater, brideeth. Beneath that, also in morse code, is "House annoying. Incredibly annoying."

Characters: red-marked characters
Location: ???
Date: Morning & Day 353
Summary: You wake up in a cell.
Warnings: general horror warnings; please note in subject lines for anything specific that comes up

Consolidation Theory OOC Post
Part Two OOC Post

Characters: Royce Melborn and Alfie Solomons
Location: House 12
Date: Day 351ish
Summary: We'll see if they both last the night, honestly.
Warnings: violence, extra stuff will be cw'd in the subject lines.

( ahh, I ran outta juice! I ran outta punch juice! )

[ There's a soft voice that comes on the network during the evening, after lockdown - it's mild, but there's an undertone in that calm that's almost unsettling. ]

Well. This place is awful, not that I need to tell any of you that. [ A beat. ] And because most of you don't bother to have private conversations, it's easy to see that there are a couple of people who seem rel-bent on making things just a little more awful.

If you've a person in mind and something worth my time to trade, I can fix any sort of issue you might have. I'm not picky, and I'm very good at problem-solving. I imagine you all can figure out how to contact me if you'd like to discuss solutions further.

[ And the feed ends. ]

Characters: Bucky, Kesara, and Royce
Location: Building 15, and the school shed
Date: Days 348 and 349
Summary: Various meet ups
Warnings: None currently.

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Characters: Hannibal Lecter, Gabriel Gray, Royce Melborn, Alfie Solomons
Location: Building 131 (the hospital)
Date: Day 344, mid-day
Summary: While trying to avoid Will Graham and House, the group ends up running into a man with a dangerous revival loss.
Warnings: Violence, possibly character death and gore. Will add more warnings if necessary.

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[Flynn needs to know.

He's felt so useless ever since he got here, the pace of his progress feels, compared to his other adventures, glacial (heh) and now another threat is looming on the horizon and he knows it's coming, he knows, he knows and he feels so helpless in its wake.

It's unacceptable. He needs to solve this. He needs to do something before anything happens, before anyone gets hurt, before they can hurt anyone. God, they make his skin crawl. Studying Peter – if that red-eyed creature even is Peter anymore – may be a start but it's not enough.

When he hits up the network his eyes are wild but maybe that's just his regular excitement? After all, he's smiling and not yelling or pointing fingers at (you awful creatures and whatever you are plotting and have done to his friends) his audience.]

Hello Norfinbury, this is your Librarian speaking.

Yesterday I couldn't help but notice that the [horrible unholy] patterns look different on different [alleged] people and I'm curious if we can trace it back to something in our lives. Maybe there are patterns in the-- patterns? And I happen to know one or two things about symbolism, so! There may be answers there.

[He clasps his hands together enthusiastically.]

If you're affected, I'd like to hear about your worlds [if you can even provide that, you impostors] or if you recognize anything about your patterns that seems familiar to you. This might also be a potential first step for Al's brilliant idea of making a collection about our different worlds for the e-library. Really, it seems like the perfect opportunity to get started?

[Flynn smiles.]

Let's talk.


[ooc: threadjacking, tangenting and additional soul-snatching highly encouraged!]

Characters: Gabriel Gray and Stephen Strange. Snowclan, Royce, and Alfie are welcome to start new threads for meeting each other if they'd like!
Location: In the maintenance tunnels under the apartments
Date: mid-day 333, Days 339-343
Summary: Gabriel's trying to help by being the Vicodin Fairy- Stephen is unsure how much help it would be. Also, Gabriel is overtaken by paranoia.
Warnings: Drug use and addiction talk all throughout Gabriel and Stephen's meeting.

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Characters: Anyone participating in the Pit event.
Location: A room.
Date: Day 330
Summary: You wake up in a room.
Warnings: general warnings; potential for morbid/suicidal thoughts; note specific warnings in subject line, please!

Characters: Alfie Solomons, Royce Melborn, Sylar
Location: building 317
Date: evening of 327 to evening of 328
Summary: Men meet up for showers
Warnings: n/a; will edit if anything comes up

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